1932 Jefferson Rangers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1932 Jefferson Rangers football Independent 8–0 Nick Dobbs 1st Notre Dame Jim Hamrick Fair Park Stadium 1931 1933 The 1932 Jefferson Rangers football team was an American football team that represented Jefferson University in Texas (formerly known as Jefferson Law School) during the 1932 college football season. During the offseason of 1932, Jefferson hired Nick Dobbs from local Highland Park High School as its new head coach. Jim Hamrick was the team captain and the team played its home games mostly at Fair Park Stadium in Dallas. Scouring the country Dobbs brought some of the best players in the country to create a competitive team, playing mostly smaller and medium colleges in the southwestern U.S. Known as the Bobcats in 1931, Dobbs re-branded them as the Rangers for the 1932 season.Dobbs Plans to Build Big Time Grid Team at Jefferson U. The Dallas Morning News April 3, 1932 3 Newsbank The Sports Broadcast George White The Dallas Morning News August 4, 1932 10 Newsbank New Men Bolster Jefferson Squad The Dallas Morning News August 22, 1932 4 Newsbank In its third season of intercollegiate football, Jefferson compiled an 8–0 record, including a stunning victory over Oklahoma A&M, 12–6, at the Fair Park Stadium in Dallas. Coaches from other schools were suspicious of the sudden transformation of the Jefferson team from one that just two years earlier had lost to a private boys prep school, but now had beaten Oklahoma A&M, as well as other strong, smaller-college teams such as Oklahoma City and 1932 Phillips Haymakers Phillips. Texas and SMU cancelled games for their freshmen teams against Jefferson, and other schools chose to avoid playing them because of concerns that the Rangers were a semi-pro team, and since Jefferson did not belong to a conference, there was no institutional oversight to ensure the eligibility of players. In early December 1932, Andrew Priest, the founder and president of Jefferson declared that the team was being ejected from the university for the eligibility issues and the failure of most of the players to attend classes. Undeterred, Dobbs declared the Rangers a free-agent football team and re-branded them as the "Dallas Rangers". Seeking a challenge match, he secured one against the runners-up of the National Football League (NFL), the Portsmouth Spartans (now known as the Detroit Lions), to be played, as part of a barnstorming tour by the Spartans, on New Year's Day, 1933.Dobbs Gridmen Start Practice The Dallas Morning News December 20, 1932 20 Newsbank After a warm-up game in Texarkana, Texas against Texarkana Junior College, a 44–14 win, the Rangers played the Spartans in the Fair Park Stadium on January 1, losing 21–0.Coach Dobbs’ Smooth Running Team Beats Texarkana, 44 to14 The Dallas Morning News December 27, 1932 3 Newsbank Spartans Beat Rangers, 21-0 The Dallas Morning News January 2, 1933 2 Newsbank Six weeks later, Dobbs took his team to the executives who ran Somerville Law School in Dallas, and created an entirely new college called Dixie University, centered around the football team, and again re-branded his team, this time as the Dixie Rebels, putting together an 11-game college football slate for the 1933 fall season.Strike Up Dixie! Rebels Are On Their Way; Nick Dobbs Plans Brand-New Gridiron Circus The Dallas Morning News February 19, 1933 3 Newsbank Jefferson was opened in 1919 as a law school by Andrew J. Priest in downtown Dallas. One of its early faculty members was Judge Sarah T. Hughes. The school achieved some success training lawyers and had a high graduation rate and most students successfully passed the bar exam. Jefferson was re-branded as Jefferson University in 1931 as it added additional colleges such as engineering, liberal arts, business, commerce, and secretarial training.http://www.lostcolleges.com/316-Jefferson-University https://web.archive.org/web/20201001075145/https://www.lostcolleges.com/316-jefferson-university dead October 1, 2020 Lost Colleges Jefferson University September 21, 2020 1932 Ranger Jodie Whire later played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/w/whir00200.html Jodie Whire Pro Football Archives 21 February 2025 Schedule Central September 16 w 1932 Southeastern Oklahoma State Savages Southeastern Oklahoma State Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 13–0 6,000 Jefferson Rangers Open Local Grid Season With 13-to-0 Win Over Savages The Dallas Morning News September 17, 1932 5 Newsbank September 23 8:00 p.m. w Oklahoma City Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 20–12 5,000 Goldbugs Play Strong Texas Team tinight https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-campus/128702535/ The Campus Oklahoma City, Oklahoma September 23, 1932 4 July 22, 2023 Newspapers.com Jefferson Rangers Continue Winning Streak by Stopping Oklahoma City Goldbug Team The Dallas Morning News September 24, 1932 2 Newsbank September 29 w Simmons (TX) Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 20–0 3,000 Jefferson Rangers Add Simmons Cowboys to List of Victims; Score, 20-0 The Dallas Morning News September 30, 1932 11 Newsbank October 7 w 1932 Weatherford Coyotes Weatherford Highland Park Stadium University Park, TX 39–6 2,000 Weatherford Junior College Trounced by Jefferson, 39-6 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram October 8, 1932 10 Newsbank October 11 w Kelly Field Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 37–6 5,000 Jefferson Rangers Ride to Smashing 37-6 Victory Over Kelly Field Flyers The Dallas Morning News October 12, 1932 14 Newsbank October 28 w y 1932 Central State Teachers Bronchos Central State Teachers Edmond, OK 13–6 5,000 Rangers Defeat Edmond, 13-6 The Dallas Morning News October 30, 1932 2 Newsbank November 11 w Oklahoma A&M Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 12–6 4,500 Rangers Come From Behind to Beat Aggies The Dallas Morning News November 12, 1932 14 Newsbank November 17 w 1932 Phillips Haymakers Phillips Fair Park Stadium Dallas, TX 26–6 500 Rangers Wind Up Schedule With Perfect Record, Beating Phillips, 26 to 6 The Dallas Morning News November 18, 1932 2 Newsbank References Jefferson Category:Dixie Rebels football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Jefferson Rangers football